Post your siliquae! (and/or any of your other late Roman silver)

My only two, both siliquae:

Honorius
Obv: DN HONORI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left holding Victory & inverted spear with hook, MDPS in ex, Milan (minted 395-402 AD), RIC X 1228



Julian II
Obv: DN CL IVLI-ANVS AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: VOTIS V MVLTIS X within wreath, TR-palm branch in ex, Trier, RIC VIII 365



(this one is not pretty but I got it for a steal)

 

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I love both coins! I like the pac man alot!

 

More like middle Roman, but it's the only silver I have...

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That isnt a siliquae.

Sadly I dont own one

 

Yeah, I know. It's the best I can do in a silver thread.

 

I do not own any siliquae, but I do have this. I hope it counts:

Maximianus AR Argenteus
OBV: MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right
REV: VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing before walls with 8 turrets
Struck at Ticinum, 295 AD
2.6g, 18mm
RIC VI 18b

 

That's fabulous, Bing! Not too many argentii floating around.

 

great coins gang .....

 

Claudius Gothicus / Juno with peacock 268 AD... RIC 212

 

Here is a tiny siliqua of Arcadius/Victory (Siscia mint) 384 - 387 AD (RIC 39c)

 

This is the only late roman coin in my collection.
As far as I can determine, and comparing it with others in acsearch, it is a:
Constantine III (A.D. 407-411), Silver Siliqua, Mint of Lugdunum (Lyon), struck A.D. 408-11. Roma, wearing long drapery and a helmet, seated left, holding a spear with her left hand, and in her outstretched right Victory on a globe, holding a wreath, SLMD in exergue.

I bought this coin as part of a lot containing a few 1st. century denarii, which is the area I focus on, and for a very good price. I didn't really know what it was or if it is genuine. The flan is lightly damaged at the head, possibly a portion of the planchet broken off. Not sure.

 

Interesting Eduard, the die cutter seems to have had problems with 'S's, missing one completely and blundering the other on the obverse.

 

Bobby, thanks for your comment. The missing and blundered 'S's' were one reason I thought this coin may not be genuine, since I was not able to find another Constantinus III Siliqua in the on-line references with this omission.

 

Great coins everyone!

Ripley, while it is a nice coin, it isn't a siliqua. The appearance is typical of late Roman bronzes and this reverse type was minted only in bronze.

Eduard, that's a crazy find! Congrats! :thumb: As for authenticity, to me it looks ok.

 

Perhaps Knight, the siliqua's of the Constantine the Great reform were debased during Constantius II reign. During the time of Arcadius the so called siliqua were bonze ! But you are right about it not being silver but it is a siliqua AE4 type.